A Study of Lesser Known Drug Anthrakokali

Abstract

The present study was undertaken with an objective to verify the symptoms available in the literature, to complete the drug picture and to explore the full potential of a lesser known partially proved drug - Anthrakokali. The study converse 1704 patients registered during the period f rom April-1985 to March 1999 of which 944 were male and 760 female. One thousand nineteen patient (59%) improved, 281 (16.49%) shown no improvement while 40 4 (23.4%) did not report. Trial was conducted in 6C and 30C potency and both have been found equally effective in acute as well as chronic affection. Although drug has shown its action in all the affections but it has special affinity to skin manifestations and has emerged as an antipsoric drug. Study confirms that the symptoms available in the literature are reliable indication of drug a number of new symptoms have also been observed during trial which have been mentioned as additional symptoms.